Lokeshwarri SK
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Chennai, TN, India
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Past articles by Lokeshwarri:
BL Explainer - Five years on, has GST delivered?
The objective of achieving a unified indirect tax system for a country as large and as densely populated as India was no mean task → Read More
Podcast | GDP numbers signal pain ahead
Fourth-quarter GDP numbers reveal weak consumption and demand due to the high inflation and uncertainty caused by the war. → Read More
BL Explainer - Why is the era of low interest rates over?
What is causing the inflation to rise in India? → Read More
RBI’s sudden repo rate hike and how it will impact you
This announcement in hike will make rates of all loans more expensive → Read More
BL Explainer: Complicated fuel taxation and the controversy around it
With international crude oil prices rising from the last quarter of 2021, pressure began building on the Centre to cut taxes on fuel and give relief to consumers → Read More
BL Explainer - Crypto Taxation: Why it is punitive and deterring
What is all the fuss about taxing crypto assets? The Union Budget contained a rude shock for users and traders of crypto and other virtual digital assets. All transfers or sale of these assets was brought in to the tax net. The intention behind this move has been spelt out in the Union Budget as well as by the Finance Minister on various occasions. The Centre is very worried about the increase… → Read More
All you need to know about the NSE co-location scam
The entire episode has raised questions about the governance and system lapses at the country’s premiere exchange → Read More
Tax burden on larger firms has increased since 2014
Effective tax rate on companies with turnover above ₹500 cr has risen 5 percentage points → Read More
What made India the biggest buyer of US treasury securities in Apr-July
The RBI has been trying to keep rupee from appreciating too much by buying dollars → Read More
What does the Fed meeting signal for India’s bond market, rupee
The Federal Reserve once again went to great lengths to explain the debilitating impact of the pandemic on the economy in its September FOMC meeting. But the markets can take comfort from the forward → Read More
We want to take MFs to the bottom of the pyramid, says Chief Executive of AMFI
AMFI wants to communicate that investors can start a SIP with even ₹100: NS Venkatesh → Read More
A giant leap to self-reliance
The pandemic has muted the cheer this Independence Day, but the crisis is being leveraged to embrace radical change → Read More
Needless brouhaha over upfront margins
Collection of margins upfront will, in fact, help curb excessive trading by newbie investors in the cash segment → Read More
What are the filters used by Marcellus to select stocks? CIO Saurabh Mukherjea explains in exclusive interview
Stock market activities will normalise from FY22 onwards: Founder of Marcellus Investment Managers → Read More
Big Story | Covid-19 market crash: Is the worst behind us?
We studied steep market declines in India and the US over the last century to understand how deep this correction can go. While economic growth is a worry, adequate liquidity, low interest rates and political will are factors supporting stocks now → Read More
Why privatisation needs to wait, for now
With Covid-19 impacting employment and the fiscal situation, the Centre should postpone its privatisation drive → Read More
Index Outlook | Watch out for 8,400 level in Nifty 50
Short-term oscillators indicate weakness; investors should exercise caution → Read More
Helicopter money must be the last resort
The Centre can still consider a plethora of conventional means to make its stimulus effective and ramp up an ailing economy → Read More
Big Story | How Covid-19 changes the outlook for economy and stock market
The world is staring at a recession, economic output in June 2020 quarter is going to shrink, and growth for FY21 will be sharply lower — these will take a toll on corporate earnings as well as stock prices → Read More
A recap of ‘Portfolio’ in 2019: Offering more to the investor
In a tough year for most asset classes, we broad-based our offerings and introduced more insightful new features for investors → Read More